Incident #991955
Danbury, Fairfield Cty, Connecticut
Apr 1978
Account
Ben Holten milking cows at 5 a.m., found animals acting strangely, then smelled awful odour. Outside barn ast an 8-foot, dark brown creature standing 20 feet away looking at him. Father called sheriff, and they found 22.5-inch tracks in the cow pasture and leading to the woods. Heels very narrow. Several days later the creature came back, deputies fired pistol shots at it, it turned and ran back in the woods. They followed, found it had walked in a stream, and trail was lost.
When
- Month
- Apr
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- early morning
- Duration
- 3 to 5 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Connecticut
- County
- Fairfield Cty
- Nearest Town
- Danbury
- Latitude
- 4123
- Longitude
- 7326
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- yard
- Near or/at
- empty building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- Yes
- Tracks
- found later
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- several
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- several
Setting
- Nearby Water
- creek
Source
- Source
- Yeti Newsletter, Sep. 1978, quoting Ben, Dan and Betty Holten, and sheriffs' deputies.
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected green
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on face
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Face Appeared
- humanlike
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- turnedýwalked awayýentered woods
- Odour
- strong
- Human Contact
- watch
- Reaction
- watchedýfled from
- Water Activity
- wading
- Use of Water
- escape
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Additional Movement
- returnedýfledýentered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 22.5
- Greates Width
- 13.0
- Heel Width
- 2.0
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Tracks Came From
- pasture
- Tracks Went to
- water
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- farming
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Action on sighting
- studied